Comments on: Visual Novel Highlight: White Album

By: Mazryonh

Mazryonh — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:59:57 +0000

Sorry, missed this one because it didn’t get in the reply queue. The White Album anime sadly does not go into just what Yayoi sees in Touya. She just goes to him after her stalker starts up his antics again.

For all I saw, she could just be pretending affection for the sake of wrapping him around her finger (and away from Yuuki). The CG collection also shows the same one where they are hugging before Yuuki comes back–if Touya can actually break up with Yuuki in favour of Yayoi, the CG collection doesn’t appear to show it. I’d think such an event would result in Yuuki reacting negatively, such as the CG where Yuuki is shown to slap Rina after the latter “steals” Touya away from the former.

By: Kaimax

Kaimax — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:48:55 +0000

Actually I’ll be more Surprised if they actually inserted Menou, since she’s an original anime character. Even the Sakura-dan was original lol.

For Yayoi, she’s basically the same as in the anime, the only differences is that Touya can go steady with her, and break up with Yuuki. The anime literally showed 3/4 of her story in the anime.

By: Mazryonh

Mazryonh — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:37:24 +0000

Wow, that’s too bad. You’d think that for a new idol you’d hear her singing.

I’m surprised that they didn’t keep Matsuyama Menou from the anime. Shishido Rumi, her seiyuu, actually sang a very nice song for the soundtrack (it was called “Secret Chaos”).

I wouldn’t mind learning about Yayoi’s route from you, if you could.

By: TradeForSix

TradeForSix — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:05:32 +0000

I beg to differ; realism only goes so far as to feign ignorance.
People are flawed, and that is understandable. However; you ought to be blind not to notice the changes around you due to your actions, and even after noticing; attempt at repercussions.
And due to that reason alone; I felt that White Album suffers the from a weak MC.

By: Kaimax

Kaimax — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:39:03 +0000

Sayoko singing? I honestly can’t remember, and I think she didn’t have a singing part in the VN. Can’t confirm it now, since I lent the game to a friend.

By: Mazryonh

Mazryonh — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:16:39 +0000

Yeah, I’ve heard that a lot of the VN playing community considered Touya to be one of the most pathetic protagonists ever until KimiNozo and School Days came along (is it because in all but one route, Touya breaks Yuki’s heart by falling in love with someone else?). I personally would liked to have learned more, but this game isn’t going to be translated to English any time soon.

Romi Park did a great job as Yayoi Shinozuka in the anime–I would have liked to learn about her route in the game, myself. Does Sayoko’s voice actress (Rina Satou) sing as well in this game?

By: Kaimax

Kaimax — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:32:53 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but sounds like you only watched the anime.
He’s not bad, He’s more realistic as a character. The difference with Makoto is:
Tooya is just too kind to anyone, not like Makoto who let’s his “libido” do the thinking.
That’s the main “drama theme” of White Album.
“Kindness will sometimes do more harm then good”. The sequel White Album 2 is stronger at using this and I’ll get to that later when I have time to write it up.

By: TradeForSix

TradeForSix — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:26:12 +0000

The VN certainly is cool due to the use of 3D graphics instead of the 2D tried-and-true sprites. The story however, without spoiling anyone who doesn’t know about the series, I didn’t like. Toya is almost as bad as Makoto…

By: Gameboon

Gameboon — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:12:45 +0000

I really like the reviews you write. It gives me a good view of some VN’s I’ve never heard of, yet look interesting.